Average Cashiers Salary in Lancaster, PA

Cashiers in Lancaster, PA earn a median annual salary of $28,680, which is -12.8% compared to the national median. There are 5,280 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Lancaster, PA (metro area).

$28,680

Lancaster, PA median annual wage

$14/hour median

-12.8%

Difference vs national median

National median is $32,880

5,280

Local employment

20.9 jobs per 1,000 workers

1.05

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $22,620
25th: $26,380
Median: $28,680
75th: $33,610
90th: $36,250

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Lancaster, PA, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity

98.3%

Exact metro RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$29,189

Goods: 100.7%
Services: 107.3%
Rents: 93.8%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$44,210	Compare	30,470
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$42,960	Compare	16,530
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$41,270	Compare	38,250
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$39,010	Compare	1,500
Boulder, CO	$38,520	Compare	3,100
Napa, CA	$38,500	Compare	1,540

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Lancaster, PA

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Cardiologists	$503,970	1.64
Family Medicine Physicians	$294,800	0.65
Chief Executives	$224,160	0.80
Physicians, All Other	$211,250	N/A
Architectural And Engineering Managers	$147,020	0.81
Database Architects	$146,400	0.38
Computer And Information Systems Managers	$142,460	0.49
Dentists, General	$141,960	0.86

Lancaster, PA has salary data for 440 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Cardiologists.

Historical series

Trend for Cashiers in Lancaster, PA

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Cashiers are projected to change by -9.9% from 2024 to 2034, with 542,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.